Chapter 201: No money, but trouble
Chapter 201: No money, but trouble
"I don't believe it's such a coincidence. Your silver shop should have had trouble sooner or later, but it happened right after I set up the fortune-seeking formation for you. You must be regretting giving me the thirty thousand taels, so you deliberately made up these lies to get the silver bills back."
Gong was really furious. How could she be so blind as to believe Peng's lies?
"I would be crazy to make up a lie about something like this. If you don't believe me, you can go to my silver shop and see if the warehouse is burned down. And see if my son is beaten and injured!"
Peng's heart sank; Gong's anger seemed real.
But the fortune-attracting card couldn't be fake. The disaster star's banknotes were stolen, and she originally wanted to use the fortune-attracting card to set up a fortune-attracting array in the silver shop.
Although she had set up a fortune-attracting array for Baifulai Silver House yesterday, it was just something she did casually. It was fake and couldn't possibly attract any bad luck.
After Peng's analysis, she concluded that Gong was regretting her decision and wanted to extort the thirty thousand taels back.
"There is absolutely no problem with the fortune-attracting array I set up. Even if what you said is true, it is just a coincidence and has nothing to do with my fortune-attracting array."
Gong sneered and took out the fortune-attracting charm. "I've already asked the monks at the Great Compassion Temple, and they said this is not a fortune-attracting charm at all. It's a charm that attracts bad luck. Don't try to deny it."
Mrs. Peng's face turned pale. "You really asked a senior monk to look at it. Is this a bad omen?"
"It is absolutely true. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to confront the monk at the Great Compassion Temple."
Mrs. Peng tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand. Since Mrs. Gong dared to ask her to confront the monk, it proved that this matter was true.
Could it be that the bitch had noticed that she was trying to steal the fortune-bringing card and deliberately replaced it with a bad-bringing card to trick her?
Gong didn't care what she was thinking, and said viciously, "Peng, for the sake of our acquaintance, you should return the thirty thousand taels from yesterday to me, and compensate for the stolen and burned jewelry.
As for the medical expenses for my son's injury, I can forgive you for what you did. Otherwise, I will definitely report you to the police and make you spend the rest of your life in jail."
"Mr. Peng, pay the money. A total of 80,000 taels."
Peng's eyes went dark. Not to mention that she didn't have 80,000 taels, even if she did, she would not compensate Gong.
"Mrs. Gong, I am not happy with what you said. Those two plaques were carved by my niece, Miss Xie. She told me at the time that they were fortune-bringing plaques, but I never thought she would lie to me.
I feel bad about the incident at your silver shop, but I am innocent. It was my niece who said that she was not liked by her parents and did not have a penny.
So she used the mysterious technique taught by her master to carve a fortune-attracting plaque and asked me to help her sell it for some silver.
I happened to see your jewelry store was planning to set up a fortune-attracting array, so I thought of selling you the fortune-attracting plaque carved by my niece. I never thought that the plaque had a problem.
Since your silver shop did have an accident, I should compensate you. But I shouldn't pay for it. The thirty thousand taels you gave me yesterday were all taken away by my niece.
If you want compensation, you can only go to her."
Mrs. Peng was wholeheartedly trying to push the blame on Xie Lan, but she didn't expect a sudden angry shout from behind her.
"Second Aunt, you are such a two-faced person. I was wondering why the engraved sign disappeared suddenly, and I didn't expect that you stole it and sold it for money. Now that something has happened, you want to blame me.
I am so unlucky to have such a shameless elder like you!"
Peng's pupils shrank. What time is it now? Shouldn't this little bitch go to the Royal Academy? Why is she still in the mansion? And why did she come to her yard and see this? Yes, she must have deliberately used the evil card to lure her into the trap, and now she came here to see her make a fool of herself.
"Lan girl, I am your second aunt after all, how can you slander me? It was you who said that the banknotes were stolen, and you worked hard to carve a fortune-bringing plaque and asked me to help you sell it for silver.
I helped you out of good intentions, but you are not grateful. Now that something has gone wrong, you are blaming me. I am so disappointed in you."
"Second Aunt, you really know how to confuse right and wrong. The plaque I carved is used to ward off ghosts, not a fortune-making plaque. How could I ask you to help me sell it for silver?
If something goes wrong, wouldn't that ruin my reputation? I'm not stupid, how could I do such a stupid thing!
Besides, I'm not an orphan. I have a stepmother and my father is still alive. Even if I really need to sell something, I can ask them for help. Why should I ask you?
It's obvious that you found out that Madam Gong wanted to set up a fortune-attracting formation for the silver shop, and you had evil intentions, thinking that the sign I carved was for attracting wealth, so you stole it and sold it for money."
"Mrs. Gong, this has nothing to do with me. I am also a victim. A wealthy businessman originally asked me to help carve the plaque. The plaque was stolen, so I couldn't deliver it to him and I had to pay him 50,000 taels in compensation.
My second aunt sold the brand to you, but she didn’t give me the money she got. If you want compensation, go to her.”
Mrs. Peng was anxious. "Girl Lan, how could you lie? I don't understand the mysterious arts. If you hadn't said that it was a fortune-making plaque, how could I have been so kind as to help you sell it to Madam Gong?"
"Second Aunt said I was lying. I carved two plaques, not just one. And the day I found out the plaques were stolen, I went to the government office to report it.
If I really asked you to help sell the sign to pay back the money, how could I possibly report it to the police?"
"Mrs. Gong, you can find out who is telling the truth and who is lying by going to the government office."
Peng's throat tasted fishy and sweet. This bitch actually reported it to the police. It turned out that she had deliberately used the fortune-bringing card to lure her into the trap, and then deliberately replaced the fortune-bringing card with the evil-bringing card.
Although Gong didn't know the truth, but looking at Peng's expression, she could guess that she wanted to scheme against her niece, but she schemed against her instead.
She doesn't care who is right or wrong, she just wants to get the compensation.
"Mr. Peng, pay me eighty thousand taels, or go to jail. It's your choice."
Mrs. Peng was so angry that her teeth were about to break. She didn't want to pay compensation, but the damn girl had reported the matter to the authorities, and the matter could not withstand investigation by the government.
"Madame Du, go get the thirty thousand taels from my dowry. Hongyue, go find Aunt Yao in the third room and ask her to give Madam Gong fifty thousand taels as compensation."
Now, Peng not only hated Madam Gong and Xie Lan, but also Xie Dahe's concubine Yao Peishan.
If she hadn't suggested it, she wouldn't have thought of stealing the fortune cards and selling them. And if the thief she hired wasn't unreliable and didn't even know that the fortune cards had been replaced, how could there be so much trouble?
Mrs. Peng had thought it through. If compensation was to be paid, that bitch Yao Peishan would have to pay the lion's share.
Madam Du hurried into the inner room and soon ran out in a panic, "Madam, the banknotes in the dressing box are missing."
"What did you say? How come it disappeared?" Mrs. Peng screamed and ran into the dormitory like crazy.
He searched through all the boxes and cabinets with great expectations, but unfortunately, in the end he only found a few dozen taels of silver.